Stopped by snow heading west the other day, this time we rode into town along the Bizz Johnson Rail Trail. Our plan was to take the South Side singletrack one way and the rail trail back. That plan was derailed (haha) when we found the bridge out crossing Susan River right by the Devil’s Corral …
We had a couple short moving days to get up here to Susanville, CA. I hate sitting for more than a few hours so we never drive very far. We boondocked one night in a defunct drive in movie theater lot which was interesting. Our new spot is long Willard Creek on the edge of …
Back in the day Derek and I raced up at Big Bear Mountain a lot for the California State Series. While we didn’t ride all the way to Big Bear on this ride, had we kept going we would eventually have made it there on this back road. It’s rugged and remote so plan accordingly. …
Derek and I rode up to Eureka Peak in Joshua Tree National Park. Our ride was 22.6 miles with 2316′ of climbing up to 5469′ of climbing. This out and back was all on sand/gravel road starting from the corner of La Contenta and Alta Loma in Yucca Valley. After passing plenty of funky ranches …
Desert View Conservation Area is approximately 605 acres of undeveloped desert biome with mountain biking and hiking trails. None of the trails are very long, and we had to be creative to weave them all together into a ride. Our ride was 12 miles with 1353′ of climbing. The trails out here are slow going …
Before we left Mojave we walked over to the White Cross World War I Memorial which was first constructed at Sunrise Rock in 1934. It’s a beautiful setting of granite rock outcropping maintained by volunteers. Unfortunately, like most things these days, this memorial was controversial and after a Supreme Court case, Congress eventually transferred the …
There aren’t any mountain bike specific trails in the preserve, but we rode our bikes out some gravel, dirt, and rock roads back to see Rock Springs and then further to some giant rock boulders in the New York Mountains. Our ride was 27.6 miles with 1760′ of climbing up to around 5800′. We started …
The Mojave Preserve stretches out across an expansive 1,542,776 acres and one day we drove over to an area called Hole in the Wall to hike around. We hiked Barber Peak Loop and up through Rings Trail for a total of 5.8 miles. Barber Peak Loop is a fairly easy hike as far as it …
Our planned ride was canceled before it started because there was some sort of train track failure and two VERY long trains were stopped across the road we needed to take to get to the start of the ride. When we pulled up at the crossing the lady in front of us informed us she …
I hate driving. Not the physical act of driving, but the sitting. For that reason, I’m a sucky traveler and we try not to spend more than a few hours driving between spots. We found a great boondocking spot in the Mojave National Preserve at around 5000’. The preserve is huge at 1,542,776 acres! After …